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Event ProgrammeThe Doric Festival 2009 Friday 2nd October 2009 to Sunday 18th October 2009 The programme for the SIXTEENTH festival is now being arranged( the programme events will be entered as details are received.) So please make regular checks! If you wish to hold an event in future festivals go to "Event Organisers" and fill up the application form. (please consult the "Event Guide) Or contact Sandy Stronach, Festival Director for details:- e-mail; sandy@thedoricfestival.com telephone; 01771 653320 DRAFT PROGRAMME The Following Exhibitions are held in various Libraries throughout the Festival (organised by Aberdeenshire Library and Information Service) EXHIBITIONS 1 "Doric - a way of life" (Focus on Fishing ) Boddam Library
2 "Doric - a way of life" (Focus on Farming ) Huntly Library 3 "A Celebration of Bennachie" Kintore Library 4 "The Saat an The Glaur" Turriff Library 5 "Livin the Fishin" Portlethen Library 6 "The Lilt o the Lan" Alford Library
The Doric Festival Writing Competition For THE Connon Caup and other prizes For a POEM, STORY or PLAY written in doric Prize-giving event in The Gordon Arms, Huntly on Wednesday 7th October (see event details for 7th October) CATEGORIES Adult Poetry £50 first prize; £25 second prize Short Story £50 first prize; £25 second prize One Act Play £50 first prize: £25 second prize The work deemed “The Best Ower Aa” will receive £50 and The Connon Caup The entry must be the competitor’s own work, previously unpublished.
All competitors and their Details from and Entries should be sent to Mrs Phyllis J. Goodall, Greenhowe,ChapelStreet,HUNTLY tel 01466 792298
FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER Variety Concert King Edward Hall With Geordie Smith and Party 7-30pm Tickets £5 from 01888 551634 OR 01261 821634 Organised by King-Edward / Gamrie Community Council
FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER Concert Forglen Hall The Friends o Forglen have again gathered performers from a wealth of talent in their area, ensuring a gran nicht's entertainment 7-30pm tickets at the door FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER Ugie Folk Club Session Night The club invites all singers, musicians or just followers o NE culture to join them in a richt guid nicht's entertainment. Crichie Inn, Stuartfield 8pm Free Entry FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER "An evening to Celebrate Stanley Robertson" The Lounge at Queens Cross Church, Aberdeen 7-15 pm Stanley Robertson, like the rest of his traveller family, was a bearer of our culture, which he readily imparted to all in song, verse and music. Grampian Association of Storytellers will celebrate the unique abilities of Stanley and his immense contribution to our traditional culture. Entry:- donation! Warm welcome, guid craick an a bellyfu o stories tae tak awa wi ye… Grampian Association of Storytellers How to contact us Email: gas_story@hotmail.com www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk Chairperson/Secretary Anna Fancett 07841 715 447
SINGING COMPETITION SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER SPENCER MEMORIAL HALL, UDNY GREEN 1PM The Doric Festival is to continue with its new Open competition for traditional singers, the winner of which will be titled "The Doric Lintie " with a Perpetual Trophy and prize money of £50. This is an Open Competition, for male, female, young and old! Singers will perform TWO songs, one Traditional Ballad and another which may be a cornkister, ballad or even a modern song in the doric tradition. The performance score will be the average of the two songs. To enter contact Sandy Stronach on 01771 653320 0R sandy@thedoricfestival.com. OR come along on the day. Judges:- Barbara-Ann Burnett Geordie Murison Spectator tickets £3 (at the door)
SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER SPENCER MEMORIAL HALL,UDNY GREEN THE DORIC FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT 7-30pm with PAUL ANDERSON , fiddler & SHONA DONALDSON, singer and supporting performers Tickets £10 / £8 concession from 01771 653320
SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER "Meal-n-Ale" Cookney Village Hall 7-30pm
GEORDIE MURISON - SINGER AND JOHN VALENTINE – SINGER – JOINT COMPERES
HECTOR RIDDELL – SINGER
DICK AND MAGGIE TRICKEY – SINGERS AND MUSICIANS
GEORGE AND STUART DAVIDSON – FIDDLE
EOIN TAYLOR – SINGER
JOYCE MURISON – STORIES AND RECITATIONS
Tickets £7 Concession £5 from Joyce Murison 01569 731236 Organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the Traditional Music and Song Association
SUNDAY 4th OCTOBER “Vintage Ploughing Competition and Farm Day” Harthills Farm, Whitehouse, Alford Come and watch experts in the craft of ploughing, using ploughs of all ages and types, along with vintage and up-to-date tractors. There may also be some ploughing with horse, (subject to availability and ground conditions) Ploughing commences at 10-30am Admission includes entry to the Alford Heritage Centre with its comprehensive collection of tools, implements and memorabilia from by-gone days. Tickets (at the gate) £3 children 60p TUESDAY 6th October "The Sixteenth Doric Sampler" Monymusk Arts Centre 7pm Arranged by Jackie Ross, compere Lorna Alexander, Another excellent evening of music, sang, verse and prose with children from local primaries and academies. Tickets £6 and £4 at the door TUESDAY 6th October Open Folk Night Session The Aberdeen Arms, Tarland 8pm The Cromar Folk Club invites singers, musicians and storytellers to join them for a gran nicht's session Free Entry WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER DORIC WRITING COMPETITION 2009Generously supported by Local BusinessesAward Ceremony and ReadingsOn Wednesday 7th October at 7pmIn The Gordon Arms Hotel, HuntlyEntertainment by local artistes including
The Graeme Mitchell family Moira Stewart, Keith & Pamela Cockburn Alex Green & Madeline Miller Compere: Jake Simpson Tickets: Adults £4, OAPs £2, Bairns & Competitors free Bairns must be accompanied by an adult.
WEDNESDAY 7th October “Session of Songs, Music and Stories” Vale Hotel, Fyvie 8pm Fyvie Folk Club will host this session and invites performers outwith the club to come along and join in. The session runs from 8 till late. Free entry THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER "Deeside Doric Dirl" Deeside Activity Park, Dess, Aboyne 7-30pm Paul Anderson, Scotland's finest fiddler, heads a host of local musicians, singers and storytellers in the Activity Park's first concert for the Doric Festival. Tickets (includes 'Stovies') £9-50 Concession £7-50 from 01339 883536 FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER Doric Concert with Hector Russell Pipe Band Hall, Turriff 7-30pm Tickets £5 (includes 'breid an cheese') from Scotch Corner, 01888563079 Organised by Turriff and District Pipe Band FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER "Gallowgate Doric Celebration of Dean John Skinner (1721-1807" Concert St Margaret's Church, Gallowgate, Aberdeen 7pm compere Dorothy Taylor, with Sheena Blackhall, Helena Anderson Wright and more. Ticket £6 ( includes stovies) from 01224 872 960 and at the door; and raffle. FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER Ceilidh Dance Ashdale Hall, Westhill 7-30pm Dance to Frank Thomson's Band B.Y.O.B. Teas for sale Tickets £5 children £3 from Ashdale Hall 01224 740137 In aid of hall funds
SATURDAY 10th OCTOBER STRAVAIG wi SANGS roon Strichen and New Deer 1pm to 5pm This tour will leave from the Ritchie Hall car park, Strichen at 1pm and travel round various parts returning at approximately 5pm. Paul Anderson and Shona Donaldson will be entertaining throughout the trip! Songs performed will include, Mormond Braes ; Tarwathie; and others to be announced Ticket £10 On the Ballad Bus OR in advance from 01771 653320 (booking advised as seats are limited) SATURDAY 10th OCTOBER TARVES HALL CONCERT A TRADITIONAL MEAL AND ALE WITH MUSIC, SONG AND VERSE.
ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY:
JOHN DICKSON – COMPERE AND SINGER JANICE CLARK – SINGER JAKE SIMPSON – SCOTS VERSE RUSSELL TAYLOR – SINGER CAROL ANDERSON – FIDDLE STEVE, ROSS AND TIM – FIDDLE
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED DURING THE INTERVAL AND THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE.
Tickets £7 (TMSA members and Children £4) from DUTHIES of Tarves; The Heritage Centre (2pm - 4pm, Thursday to Sunday) Or any Committee member Or at the door Arranged by Tarves Heritage Society and Aberdeen Branch TMSA TUESDAY 13th October Anither Open Folk Nicht Session The Aberdeen Arms, Tarland 8pm The Cromar Folk Club invites singers, musicians and storytellers to join them for a gran nicht's session Free Entry FRIDAY 16th OCTOBER Ythanbank Village Hall 7:30pm CONCERT Members of Tarves Folk John, Russell, Maggie & Dick, Bob & Paddy, Christine & Dave and Davie; George & Stuart Davidson (and surprise guests!) MC John Dickson Admission Free FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER iNVERURIE TOWN HALL 7-30pm "HOMECOMING CONCERT" with ISLA ST CLAIR One of our top entertainers Isla is returning to the North-east. and PAUL ANDERSON One of the finest fiddlers to come out of the NE
Isla St Clair is one of Britain's foremost traditional singers and has won many accolades including "Folk Singer of the Year". She is also remembered by millions for her numerous television appearances, most notably as co-host of BBC's Generation Game, for which she won "TV Personality of the Year". Her current stage performance is a wonderful fusion of traditional and modern classics, spiced with humorous personal experiences as singer and broadcaster - an evening in her company is both poignant and entertaining. "Isla's voice is beautifully pure..." Tickets £10 Concession £8 from 01771653320 FRIDAY 16th OCTOBER VILLAGE HALL, BRAEMAR 7-30pm CONCERT TMSA Young Trad Tour 09 The TMSA Young Trad Tour 2009 is a showcase for the cream of the new generation of Scottish musicians - the 5 finalists and winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award 2009. As well as being highly talented solo performers, the sound they create as a band is energetic, dynamic and full of promise for the tradition they carry. This prestigious award, which is organized by Hands Up for Trad provides a unique opportunity for young musicians to develop their musical careers. The award takes place each year at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and has now become an established and respected showcase for young performers representing the breadth of Scotland’s instrumental and vocal traditions. The Traditional Music and Song Association is proud to be associated with these young musicians at the early stages of promising careers in traditional music.
There’s a real powerhouse of Scottish fiddling in this band led by the winner of the 2009 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year. From the gentle slow airs of the Gaelic Highlands to the storming jigs and reels and the quintessentially Scottish Strathspeys-these young musicians are truly exceptional!
Musicians Ruairidh MacMillan (Nairn) Fiddle and 2009 winner Daniel Thorpe (Inverurie)Fiddle Lorne MacDougal (Argyll) Pipes and whistles Adam Holmes (Edinburgh) Guitar and Song Jack Smedley (Cullen) Fiddle Kenneth Nicholson (Isle of Lewis) Gaelic song Ewan Robertson (Carrbridge) Guitar, Song and 2008 winner Tickets from Braemar Pharmacy & Newsagent And John MacPherson 01339 741439
STRAVAIG wi SANGS The North-east of Scotland is world famous for its vast amount and range of songs and music. The songs are about people on the land, at sea, at work, in love, and about places and events throughout the ages. They range from the great Ballads, work songs, love songs, bothy songs to nonsense sangs. The eighth and final volume of the Greig / Duncan collection which has now been published bears witness to the vast heritage of songs and music in the Northeast.
The Doric Festival has organised trips to link people, places, sangs and historical events. The Ballad Bus tours will be in areas rich in songs and history, and will include singers and musicians who will perform at the actual places of the songs and stories. This will be a great opportunity for visitors to and residents in the Northeast alike to view our lovely countryside while being immersed in our rich cultural heritage. (stravaig - to stroll) Tours are arranged for Saturdays 4th & 11th October
SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER 1pm - 5 pm STRAVAIG wi SANGS roon Inverurie This tour will leave from the Railway Station,.Inverurie at 1pm and travel round Bennachie, Harlaw, Burreldale, Udny and Oldmeldrum returning at approximately 5pm. Songs performed will include, The Banks o Inverurie, Gin I were far Gadie rins; The Battle o Harlaw, The Moss o Burreldale, Bonnie Udny, Geordie Morris's Bothy ballads at his old pub in Oldmeldrum. And you can hear tales of characters like Jimmy Fleeman (Laird o Udny's Feel!) Ticket £10 On the Ballad Bus OR in advance from 01771 653320 SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER
FIDDLE WORKSHOPS 10am - 4 pm LINDEN CENTRE , HUNTLY The North-east of Scotland is the world centre for fiddle music and The Doric Festival is delighted to have as tutors two of Scotland's finest exponents of the NE style of fiddle playing; Charlie McKerron and Paul Anderson . There will be a concert in the evening at which the workshop pupils will perform what they've learned during the day. To book phone 01771 653320 or e-mail:- info@thedoricfestival.com. £20 SINGING WORKSHOPS 10am - 4pm LINDEN CENTRE , HUNTLY The North-east corner of Scotland has the greatest number of indiginous songs in the world and was once described as 'the Singing Land'. The Doric Festival is determined to celebrate the wealth of oor sangs and to restore singing to the previous status and we are delighted to have one of Scotland's leading traditional singers, Shona Donaldson, Huntly's "Singer in Residence". To book phone 01771 653320 or e-mail:- info@thedoricfestival.com. £20 CEILIDH GORDON ARMS HOTEL, HUNTLY 7-30PM Paul Anderson, Shona Donaldson will entertain along with the pup[ils from the workshops Tickets £8 concession £6 from GORDON ARMS HOTEL 01466 792288 or tel 01771 653320 SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER GRASSIC GIBBON CENTRE, ARBUTHNOTT, LAURENCEKIRK 7-30 pm CONCERT with Isla St Clair Tickets £10 from 01561 361668
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